Senior Data Engineer

CTI Consulting • Texas City, TX

19d • Onsite

About The Position

CTI Staffing is partnering with a leading transportation and logistics organization to find a Senior Data Engineer / Data Architect for their operational data platform team, based in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. This team is modernizing how operational data moves across the business, replacing legacy batch processes with real-time streaming pipelines that keep critical systems in sync. You'll design the domain models and governance frameworks that make this modernization possible, while also building the pipelines yourself. This is a hands-on architecture role, not a whiteboard-only position.

Requirements

• 7+ years of professional experience in data architecture and design
• 5+ years of hands-on data engineering experience
• Demonstrated expertise in CDC (Change Data Capture) and streaming technologies
• Proficiency with Kafka or AWS MSK
• Strong experience with cloud platforms — Azure and/or AWS
• Proven expertise in data quality frameworks and governance practices
• Experience implementing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines for data infrastructure
• Strong cross-team collaboration and communication skills

Nice To Haves

• Experience with AWS Flink for stream processing
• Knowledge of DocumentDB or other NoSQL document databases
• Familiarity with GraphQL for data API design
• Cross-cloud integration experience
• Background in data mesh or domain-driven design patterns

Responsibilities

• Architect scalable data ingestion and transformation pipelines for large-scale operational systems
• Build CDC and streaming solutions using Kafka or AWS MSK for real-time data synchronization
• Implement canonical domain models and governance frameworks across cloud platforms
• Establish data quality standards and monitoring practices
• Partner with cross-functional teams to define data requirements and integration strategy
• Lead CI/CD implementation for data infrastructure and pipeline deployments
• Mentor junior engineers on data architecture and engineering best practices

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed